Catcher Drew Romo sticking with White Sox because of his preparation, work with pitchers
<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a> have been forced to make several changes at catcher because of injuries this season, but since being called up April 25, Drew Romo hasn’t been one of them.</p><p>Fans look at his .126 batting average entering Tuesday and wonder why. So an intrepid reporter asked Romo, as politely as possible, what makes him good, like …</p><p>“Why am I here?” he replied.</p><p>That certainly didn’t sound polite, but since he brought it up, yeah.
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<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a> have been forced to make several changes at catcher because of injuries this season, but since being called up April 25, Drew Romo hasn’t been one of them.</p><p>Fans look at his .126 batting average entering Tuesday and wonder why. So an intrepid reporter asked Romo, as politely as possible, what makes him good, like …</p><p>“Why am I here?” he replied.</p><p>That certainly didn’t sound polite, but since he brought it up, yeah. What would you say you do here?</p><p>“I would say most important is I’ve done a great job with the pitchers,” Romo said. “I really learned from my past few years in professional baseball [with] scouting reports, attacking hitters, pitch sequencing, game-planning, being able to have clear communication with the coaching staff, pitchers, teammates.”</p><p>But he knows what fans see.</p><p>“Obviously, I’m not hitting good right now,” he said.
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- <p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a> have been forced to make several changes at catcher because of injuries this season, but since being called up April 25, Drew Romo hasn’t been one of them.</p><p>Fans look at his .126 batting average entering Tuesday and wonder why. So an intrepid reporter asked Romo, as politely as possible, what makes him good, like …</p><p>“Why am I here?” he replied.</p><p>That certainly didn’t sound polite, but since he brought it up, yeah.
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